Ministry of Justice

County Courts: Judgements

Anneliese Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the trends in the level of county court judgements; and if he will make a statement.

Dr Phillip Lee: Holding answer received on 29 December 2017



The Registry Trust which maintains the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines collates and publishes quarterly reports including analysis and commentary on County Court Judgments on behalf of the Lord Chancellor. The statistics are available at www.trustonline.org.uk. The Ministry of Justice publishes quarterly statistics available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2017

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Heathrow Airport

Sir Vince Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Department for Transport about the route network operated from Heathrow.

Mark Field: None.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sugar Beet: Import Duties

Melanie Onn: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on changes to the level of tariffs on sugar beet imports in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19.

George Eustice: Ministers and officials have not had any discussions with EU counterparts on changes to the level of tariffs on sugar beet imports in 2017-18 and 2018-19. Because it is uneconomical to transport sugar beet long distances for processing, it is unlikely that any sugar beet has been imported into the EU in those years and so discussions on changes to the level of tariffs would not be expected.

Food: USA

Bill Esterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December to Question 118248, what steps he plans to take to ensure a future trade deal with the US benefits the UK food and drink industry.

George Eustice: The US-UK Trade and Investment Working Group is aiming to provide continuity for the UK as soon as the UK has left the EU. Work on any future trade deal will involve significant input from domestic stakeholders in order to ensure that the UK food and drink industry can continue to access markets overseas. We will work with stakeholders to ensure the benefits of trade can be widely felt and understood, managing the transition brought about by changes in the trade environment. This will ensure that we can strike the right deal with the US, which will be of benefit to the UK food and drink industry.